---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish legislative audit special revenue account for specialist services"
description: "Establish legislative audit special revenue account for specialist services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 639"
citation: "Montana HB 639 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Legislature", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Bartel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fc33370-6417-45e7-a8df-bfe62aad3559"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=639&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "0fe357c7c2c50a9db916f1f6c921a35bace525aaaf4e33c45424b96d3809de56"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana HB 639 (2019) — Establish legislative audit special revenue account for specialist services

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0639_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0639_1.pdf)
2. **HB0639_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0639_2.pdf)
3. **HB0639_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0639_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0639.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Bartel — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-20** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-22** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-22** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-26** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-27** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-27** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-28** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-28** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-28** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-28** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-01** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-12** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-03-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-16** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-16** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Returned to House
- **2019-04-05** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fc33370-6417-45e7-a8df-bfe62aad3559`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).